Thermophoretic sampler

US8973447B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION · US

Inventors

• John Volckens · Fort Collins, US
• Gary Casuccio · Brave, US
• Henry P. Lentz · Apache Junction, US
• Anthony Marchese · Fort Collins, US
• John T. Mastovich · Murrysville, US
• Daniel D. Miller-Lionberg · Fort Collins, US
• Judith Chun-Hsu Yang · Pittsburgh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 10, 2015
• Expiry date: Feb 15, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2015/0038
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A thermophoretic sampler includes a sample assembly into which a removable sample cartridge can be inserted. The sample cartridge holds a substrate that, upon insertion, is exposed to a sample chamber. Thermophoresis is induced in the sample chamber, causing nanoparticles to be deposited on the substrate.